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HCS 440 Complete Course

Week 1

Individual Economic Terms and Health Care History

Resource: Economic Terms and Health Care History grading criteria on the student website

Complete the Economic Terms Exercise in Week One of the student website.

Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper in which you include the following:

Describe the history and evolution of health care economics and the timeline of health care funding, using the defined terms.

Include two outside resources.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

Submit your paper and a copy of the completed exercise to your facilitator.

Discussion Questions

Most people feel health care is priceless; however, health care comes with a steep cost. What factors must be considered when looking at the true cost of care? Remember to support your response.

What is a demand curve? Provide an example of a demand curve in health care. How could this example affect the economics of health care? Remember to support your response.

What part of the health care reform package do you think will be most beneficial to the consumer?

Week 2

Learning Team Health Care Reform Project, Part I

Resource: Health Care Reform Project, Part 1 grading criteria on the student website

Select a current health care economic issue, such as managed care, health care spending, prescription drugs, the influence of current legislation on health care, medical care for an aging population, or the influence of illegal immigrants on health care economics in the United States.

Write a 1,050- to 1,750-word paper in which you address the following:

Describe the issue.

Perform a literature search on the issue. Find at least three articles and provide a summary of the articles.

Research, identify, and describe three possible solutions. The solutions do not need to be extensive, but must represent solutions identified in your research.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

Discussion Questions

What would be the risks and benefits of a young, healthy person choosing a managed care plan? What would be the risks and benefits of an older person with a chronic disease selecting a managed care plan?

Should the United States allow the direct marketing of medications in print and on television? Support your response. How do you feel direct marketing affects the cost of prescription medications?

Review managed care plans in your text. Do you feel managed care plans are the solution to the health care crisis in the United States? Support your response.

Week 3

Individual Health Care Spending Paper

Resource: Health Care Spending Paper grading criteria on the student website

Write a 1,250- to 1,750-word paper in which you explain your position on national health care spending in the United States. Include information on the following:

The level of current national health care expenditures

Whether the spending is too much or not enough

Where the nation should add or cut, and why

How the publics health care needs are paid for, such as being financed by various payers, while indicating the percent of total expenditures they represent

Provide a forecast of the following:

The future economic needs of the health care system

Why these needs must be addressed

How you envision these needs will be financed

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

Discussion Questions

What has been the effect of MS-DRGs on hospital admissions and the length of stay? What are some advantages and disadvantages of MS-DRGs?

What advantage would a physician have by accepting a capitation rate from a managed care plan? What would be the disadvantages? Please include one properly cited reference with your response

Week 4

Individual Economic Issues Simulation Paper

Review the Health Care Economics Issues HMO Simulation.

Resource: Economic Issues Simulation Paper grading criteria on the student website

Select either Constructit or E-editor to analyze for your paper.

Prepare a 1050- to 1400 paper in which you present a profile of the chosen company including the demographics of the employees, the health care risk factors (potential areas of high utilization), and the premiums the company is willing to pay.

As a representative of Castor insurance, your job is to maximize profit and minimize risk for the company. Based on your analysis of potential utilization, give at least two reasons why each plan could be selected. Then state which plan you would select to sell to your chosen company? What are the reasons for this decision? Why did you not select the other plans offered?

Discussion Questions

Should individuals with preexisting conditions be able to purchase health insurance at the same cost as those without such conditions? Why or why not?

How does the physician affect the cost of health care for insurance? Does the physician affect more than the cost of his or her services? If so, how?

Week 5

Learning Team Health Care Reform Project, Part II

Resource: Health Care Reform Project, Part II grading criteria on the student website

Prepare a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation in which you summarize health care reform material.

Assume you are making a presentation to the board of directors concerning your investigation into the selected economic issue.

Have a minimum of 10 to 15 slides with extensive speakers notes, augmenting and expanding on the information presented in each slide.

Include the following in your presentation:

Determine and explain which solution is most effective.

Explain your reasoning for choosing the solution.

Explain why the solution will work.

List the steps needed to implement your solution.

Discussion Questions

The health care legislation is the current topic in Washington D.C. and all the news networks. Is Health care a right or a privilege? Support your response. Should health care be financed by tax dollars and provided equally to all citizens?

What will have a greater effect on the future cost of health in the United States: political and social changes or medicinal and technological advances? Support your response and provide one properly cited reference.

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